Strategic sperm allocation in the Small White butterfly Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-93

  Wedell, N ^a,b   Cook, P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apyrene and eupyrene sperm; Copulation duration; Reproductive value; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM;

LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 0032999674     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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